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CVE-2017-2298 Details

Description

The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298 CVEMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
puppet mcollective-sshkey-security
<= 0.5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-2298
NVD Published Date:
Jun 30, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-2298 Details - Not Deferred